As a Hindi name
देना
to give, grant, award; to lay (eggs), give birth to; to orate, deliver; to pay
Śabdasāgara also records: हिंडोला । झूला · डोली । पालकी
Platts (p. 535) also records: A swing ( = dolā)
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Hindi verb set देना (denā) दिलाना (dilānā) दिलवाना (dilvānā) Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti Proto-Indo-Iranian *dádaHti Sanskrit ददा॑ति (dádāti) ▲ Prakrit 𑀡𑁂𑀇 (ṇei)influ. Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀇 (dei) Old Hindi देना (…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a litter, swing, cradle
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Dictionary citations
dolikā f. a litter, swing, cradle, L.
dolā, dolikā 1 A litter, palanquin. 2 A swing, hammock (fig. also); āsītsa dolācalacittavṛttiḥ R. 14. 34; 9. 46; 19. 44; saṃdehadolāmāropyate K. 207. 3 Swinging, fluctuation. 4 Doubt, uncertainty. 5 The Indigo plant. Comp. — adhirūḍha, -ārūḍha a. (lit.) mounted on a swing; (fig.) uncertain, irresolute, disquieted. — yuddhaṃ uncertainty of success, a fight with varying success; Śi. 18. 80.
dolikā, dolī 1 A cradle. 2 A swing.
dolikā f. (-kā) A swing. E. kan added to dolī.
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